Grimbs Surname

767,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Grimbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Grimbs Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3691:218,17224,578
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Grimbs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Grimbs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Grimbs is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Grimbs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grimbs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 767,694th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. The surname Grimbs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grimbs live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 369 people, or 1 in 218,172. In Germany Grimbs is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 85 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent are found and Hesse, where 4 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grimb912/
Grimps8370/
Grembs831/
Grinb7324/
Gremb731/
Grimp730/
Grimpe67656/
Grumps675/
Gremps671/
Graimpe620/
Grnb601/
Gremp55151/
Grenb550/
Grempe5013/
Greenb507/
Grunps501/
Grumpz501/
Gruenb501/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Grimbs
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